US researchers compile an image of the “face of God”
What does God look like? Psychologists at a US university asked this question of 511 Christian Americans and used the results to compile a composite image of God which they say shows a “younger, more feminine, and less Caucasian” person than popular culture suggests. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina […]
Muslims and Christians unite to restore ancient Iraqi church
World Watch Monitor An historical Christian site in Iraq is receiving visitors again for the first time in 20 years, having previously been shut off due to security concerns, Al-Monitor reports. The remnants of the first-century Church of Kokheh, located 32 kilometres south of the capital Baghdad, were discovered and excavated by the German Oriental Society […]
Hundreds of Venezuelan children victims of child labour in Colombia, says government
Thomson Reuters Foundation A campaign by Colombia to eradicate child labour discovered nearly 5,000 children working in the past three months, including hundreds from economically stricken Venezuela, the government said on Tuesday. While child labour rates have fallen in recent years, overall about 850,000 children aged five to 17 are estimated to be working and […]
MUSIC: HOW HUMAN NATURE’S ANDREW TIERNEY AND PASTOR TIM DUNFIELD ARE ‘FINDING FAITH’
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Human Nature’s Andrew Tierney and worship pastor Tim Dunfield about their new album, ‘Finding Faith’…
Grenfell Tower fire’s victims remembered at London church service as commemorations held nationwide
Hundreds gathered for a church service in London on Thursday, marking a year since 72 people were killed in the Grenfell Tower fire. During the 11am service at St Helen’s Church in north Kensington, the names of the 72 killed were read out and 72 seconds of silence observed at noon, a mark of respect […]
ESSAY: WHAT DO EVANGELICALS WANT FROM TRUMP ON FOREIGN POLICY?
US commentator JACOB LUPFER, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks at what US evangelicals want from President Trump when it comes to foreign relations…
THE BIG PICTURE: THE BOOK THAT READS YOU
Marking the release of Outreach Media’s June poster, MALCOLM WILLIAMS talks about his personal experience of how the Bible “read” him and taught him about Jesus…
OPEN BOOK: PROVERBS FOR A NEW COVENANT – EMANICIPATION PROMISED; PREFERMENT JUDGED
BRUCE C WEARNE looks at what the opening verses of chapter two in the Epistle of James say about preferring the rich and influential over the poor…
News Special – Southern Baptists mull what’s next on confronting, preventing abuse
RNS The sermons, the hymn singing and the floor debates of the Southern Baptists’ annual meeting have concluded, but a key question remains: How will the denomination address the issues of sexual and physical abuse that loomed over the proceedings? At this week’s – 12th to 13th June – meeting, there was a sense that the […]